started overclocking with graphical
benchmarks like Unigine Valley and
FireStrike, so I'm partial to both of
those quite a bit. One of my first
benchmarks was Cinebench R15 as
well though, so I have a very mixed
“favouritism” if you will.
Do you do any kind of binning for
your overclocking or, are you more
concerned with extracting the best
out of what you have regardless of
your particular sample quality?
No I don't do any sort of binning,
I don't have the funds required
nor do I want to participate in any
“grey areas” of buying / returning
stuff. I think the real essence of
overclocking should be about what
you can do with what you've got, not
how giant your wallet is and how
much hardware you can bin.
I have however bought binned
hardware from friends and stuff
like that before, but 90% of the time,
I buy whatever I think will suit me
well for my needs and I hope for the
best. So far this has served me very
well, I like to roll the dice to some
extent, then use my knowledge and
“skill” to push it as far as I can.
What is your single greatest or most
memorable overclocking event and/
or achievement?
That second place GTX 480
Unigine Xtreme submission I
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mentioned earlier, it was my first
ever sub-zero GPU benchmarking
session and I hit second place. I
was so pumped up, even shouted a
few times lol. It took quite a bit of
preparation to get the card ready
since it was my first time, but I'm
proud I achieved second place on my
first go.
Where do you think the cross over is
between competitive overclocking
and competitive gaming, if there is
at all. Do you envision a time where
both could be taking place side by
side for instance on a fairly large
stage?
Competitive gaming and
overclocking don't seem to have
a lot in common, I watch a lot of
Twitch.tv livestreams of competitive
gaming, like CS:GO tournaments,
and League of Legends
tournaments. I think a lot of gamers
just want stuff that works without
the fine tuning a lot of the time,
hassle free type of stuff. Seems like
most of them that do overclock, are
really only doing it for a few extra
FPS in their favourite games, not to
compete really.
Although I think if we as a
community could spread the
word about HWBOT and extreme
overclocking, maybe more people
would get involved.
It is possible at an event like CES
or something similar that we could
maybe have competitive gaming and
competitive overclocking next to
each other on stage, it could be quite
the tourist attraction for people to
walk by and see. Perhaps even a
good sponsorship opportunity for
someone like INTEL to say “hey
they're overclocking the same type
of processor that's running that
game on stage!”
Other than overclocking, what
are your other interests and what
occupies most of your days?
TV shows, and gaming are my big
interests outside of overclocking,
as well as volunteering at a truck
museum in Brooks, Oregon. My
favourite shows right now are;
“The Flash”, “Arrow”, “Legends of
Tomorrow”, “Game of Thrones” and
a many others. I'm really into games
as well, if I'm not at work or not
overclocking, I'm probably playing
video games or watching TV on my
PC.
Outside of overclocking do you do
any serious gaming or modding
and if so, what do you play the most
or if case modding, what are you
currently working on?
League of Legends, Battlefield
4, Counterstrike Global Offensive,
Rainbow Six Siege are some of my
favourites. I have a real nice 144